jpdb beta

society; the world; the times

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private property; personal belongings; personal effects

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who; what kind of person

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unbalanced diet

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certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

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softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

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widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

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sunlight; rays of the Sun

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summer

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cloud

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to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

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third year of high school; third-year high-school student

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capital city; metropolis

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deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky

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to crack jokes

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to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

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why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

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all at once (usu. of payment); at one go

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tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean

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it's no joke; gimme a break!

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to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk

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oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

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big turnoff; major letdown; damper (on things)

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ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

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depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)

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say; well; um; er

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deadly serious; deadly earnest

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idiotic; dolt; bonehead

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reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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two meals; (eating) two meals a day

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one meal; one meal (a day)

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angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged

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Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character

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strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

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scattered here and there; at intervals

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scene; sight; scenario; setting

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movie; film

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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area; domain; territory; field; range; region

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easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

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origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit

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time capsule

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incident; affair; happening; event

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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